Living with parents like strangers

Having different ideologies means being home yet being alone

Photo by Rowan Heuvel on Unsplash

My Dad is better now. Better than he was six months ago. For all those who have read my pinned piece on Medium (below), know that my father is a cancer patient, who has been living a very difficult life these past two years. New treatment and luck have allowed our family to feel relieved substantially after a really long time. We are relieved, ecstatic, weary and hopeful at the same time.

Clearing grime underneath the guilt

For new readers, I’m attaching the link to my series of articles that I have been writing on my father’s and our family’s journey, navigating his illness and learning to be vulnerable and smile through a gruesome battle.

Living with a cancer-afflicted parent — A Series — Part 1

I have been home for the past two weeks since the news of Dad’s recovery, and for the first time in years, the atmosphere of the room has been…